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Public debt growth slows
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024)Sri Lanka’s public debt rose at a slower pace in the first three quarters of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023. Whilst domestic debt and foreign debt increased, the growth was notably lower than in the previous year. -
Budget Promises: 2023 End Year Assessment - Infographics
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2024-06)For the end-year assessment of the 2023 budget, the top 25 expenditure proposals, worth LKR 49.3 billion, along with seven regulatory proposals, were tracked. The proposals were categorized into five groups based on their ... -
2023 මැයි දින සැමරුම් සිංහල පුවත්පත් මුල් පිටු සිරස්තල ඇසුරින්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-02)On May 2, 2023, several Sinhala language newspapers reported on the International Worker's Day (මැයි දින) celebrations organised by various political parties on May 1, 2023 in their front page headlines. Mawbima and ... -
Maldives Trend of Declining Reserves - Risks SL-Like Situation in the Next 2 Years
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-12-05)The external reserves of the Maldives have been on a declining trend since June 2020. At that time, the gross reserves held by the Maldives Monetary Authority amounted to USD 702.5 million, sufficient to finance 5.2 months ... -
Petrol and Diesel Market Price vs. Formula Price in January
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-01-29)On 01 January 2025, the market prices of 92-octane petrol and auto diesel remained unchanged. However, the Public Finance Fuel Price Tracker indicates that both fuel types continue to be priced above their respective formula ... -
ඔබ තෝරාගන්නා සිරස්තල(ය) කුමක් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-17)On 13th August 2023, Mawbima newspaper reported on a murder case involving a female suspect, describing her as "Sundari" (සුන්දරී). Such references to physical appearance can contribute to the objectification and stereotyping ... -
මෙම පුවතට වාර්ගිකත්වය අදාළ ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-23)On 21st August 2023, Dinamina reported on the arrest of three individuals for illegally butchering cows. In the report, the individuals’ ethnicities were highlighted, despite being irrelevant to the incident. Such reporting ... -
සැකකරුවන්ගේ අනන්‍යතාවය හෙළි කළ යුතුද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-22)On 21st August 2023, Dinamina reported on the arrest of a couple in connection with an arson incident, revealing the identities of the individuals involved. In contrast, Mawbima and Aruna covered the same incident without ... -
"අපෝ අපෝ මහතා" - මෙම කතුවැකිය ගැන ඔබේ අදහස?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-17)On 2nd August 2023, the Dinamina editorial commented on an incident where singer Umara allegedly mispronounced the word "Matha" (mother) as "Mahatha" (Sir) while singing the national anthem at a cricket-related event. While ... -
කෙහෙළියට එරෙහි විශ්වාසභංගය විවාදයට ගැනීම පමා වීම: වරද කාගේද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-10)On 9th August 2023, Sinhala newspapers reported on the delay of the no-confidence motion debate against Keheliya Rambukwella. Dinamina and Aruna emphasised that Sajith Premadasa was responsible for the delay in their ... -
පේරාදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ මහා ශිෂ්‍ය සංගමය විසින් පැවැත්වුණු විරෝධතාවය වාර්තා කළ සහ නොකළ රූපවාහිනී මාධ්‍ය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-26)On May 23, 2023, the Student Union of the University of Peradeniya held a protest against several reasons including student suppression and the Anti-Terrorism Act. The table in the infographic depicts the polarisation ... -
"වලව්ව" වැදගත් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-18)On May 11 and May 12, 2023, Aruna, Mawbima, and Dinamina newspapers reported on an incident where a man was arrested for placing bids for photographs of underaged girls via Facebook. On May 11, Aruna and Mawbima mentioned ... -
පොලිස් කෲරත්වය සාධාරණීකරණය කිරීමක්?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-16)On May 12, 2023, Divaina published an insensitive editorial on the death of the 16-year-old girl in Kalutara and the suspect arrested for the crime. In the content, Divaina editorial presents an opinion which condones ... -
සැකකරුවන් සහ ඒකාකෘතික කිරීම්?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-11)On May 11, 2023, Dinamina and Divaina newspaper editorials were focused on the man suspected for the death of a 16-year-old girl in Kalutara. Both editorials used terms such as "Pachcha pathaya" (පච්ච පතයා), "pachcha ... -
උතුරු නැගෙනහිර නීතීඥ වර්ජනය වාර්තා කළ සහ නොකළ රූපවාහිනී පුවත් විකාශ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-10-04)On 3rd October 2023, the government media outlets Rupavahini and ITN, as well as the private media outlet Swarnavahini, did not report on a hartal/strike by northeastern lawyers during their prime-time news broadcasts. In ... -
විදුලි ගාස්තු වැඩි වීමට එරෙහිව ජනතාව විසින් පවත්වනු ලැබූ විරෝධතා වාර්තා කළ සහ නොකළ රූපවාහිනී පුවත් විකාශ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-10-24)On 23rd October 2023, government media outlets Rupavahini and ITN, along with the private media outlet Sirasa, did not report on the protests conducted by citizens against the electricity bill increase during their prime-time ... -
පුවත් වාර්තාවන්හි ඍණාත්මක සන්දර්භයන් තුළ කාන්තාව ඉස්මතු කොට දැක්වූ අවස්ථා; 2022 සහ 2023 වර්ෂ අතර සංසන්දනයක්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-09)On February 9th 2024, the Ethics Eye team published an infographic featuring charts that compare the instances of women being highlighted in a negative context in Sinhala newspapers between 2022 and 2023. The infographic ... -
මේ සතියේ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්මය - දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම් සම්බන්ධ සෑම ප්‍රවෘත්තියකම සහ සෑම ලිපියකම සහාය ලබාගත හැකි උපකාරක අංකයක් පළ කිරීම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-10-31)On 31st October 2023, the Ethics Eye team published a three-slide post as part of their "Ethic of the Week" series. The post aimed to educate both media professionals and the public on the importance of including suicide ... -
"කුඩ්ඩා" ලේබල්කරණය පුවත්පත් තුළ භාවිතා වූ ආකාරය - 2022 සහ 2023 වර්ෂ අතර සංසන්දනයක්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-07)On 7th February 2024, the Ethics Eye team published an infographic with charts comparing the usage of the term "Kudda" in Sinhala newspapers between 2022 and 2023. The infographic highlights that, in 2023, Dinamina newspaper ... -
Fading Belief: Addressing the Lacunae in the Right to Religious Worship in Sri Lanka - Presentation
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024)This presentation aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the current state of Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) and the registration of places of worship (POW) in Sri Lanka, highlighting areas where legal and ...